Commander Tano Meets Commanders

Bly

This is set right at the end of the 'Jedi Crash' episode, but before 'Defenders of Peace', so it is right after Aayla talks to Ahsoka about attachment on the outskirts of the Lurmen's village.

Enjoy!

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Chapter 11: Commander Bly, after 'Jedi Crash'

You start having fun when you leave your comfort zone.

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"Commander Bly!" Aayla called out as soon as she left the pod where Skywalker was resting.

The clone jumped to his feet, making his General start, "Yes, Aayla?"

She tossed him a playful smile, "I'd like you to take Ahsoka on a walk." He was so distracted by her accent that he barely registered what she said, "Try to get her mind off her Master."

Counselling younglings about attachment wasn't Bly's job, but he couldn't say no to Aayla, "Of course, ma'am."

She touched his forearm before he turned away, "Be mindful of the creatures out there, Bly." Her expression softened, "We've lost too many clones since we arrived on this planet, and I can't bear to lose you as well."

"Don't worry about me." He told her, wishing his helmet was on to hide his flushed cheeks,

Her hand brushed against his shoulder, barely lingering for a second, before she re-entered the healer's pod again. Bly sighed, heading off to find the Padawan who had been nothing but panicked since they crashed.

He understood that Ahsoka was worried about Skywalker- as his injuries were extensive- but Commanders were meant to meet much higher standards of what was expected of them if their General was out of action.

"Kid!" He walked to where she was sat cross-legged on the perimeter of the village... meditating? "Oi, kid!"

"Oi, Bly." She retorted dryly, opening her eyes and looking up at him. Her expression shifted from irritated to concerned in a heartbeat, "What's wrong? Did something happen to Anakin?"

"The General's fine." He said with a sigh. Was she like this every time Skywalker was injured? "General Secura has ordered that we should go for a walk. Come along."

He started to walk away, hearing her boots patter across the ground to catch up with him, "I'm not a dog, Bly." When he didn't reply, she carried on, "Why do we need to go for a walk?"

"To quote 'get your mind off your Master'." He said, attempting to do Aayla's accent which, according to his Sergeants in the 327th, he was rather good at impersonating.

Seriously though, none of his men had ever needed to take him on a walk when Aayla got injured. Although, he rarely left her side when she was hurt, but that was different.

They lapsed into silence as he tried to figure out a short route that wouldn't take them too far from the village in case those creatures showed up again. He'd seen the wounds of Rex's arm, and he thought the two clones shared enough features as it was.

"Can we do something fun on our walk?" They exited the village and started on the track that they had arrived on.

"Do you see anything fun that we can do?" Bly gestured to the rolling grass plains and trees that stretched for miles and miles. Why couldn't they have crash landed somewhere exciting like Zeltros?

"Fine!" She huffed, crossing her arms and storming ahead. Bly rolled his eyes at her immaturity. How Rex trusted her with his life, he would never know.